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My Uncle Dan (whom I’ve had sad occasion recently to write about in this venue) had a professional relationship with David Mamet — as his personal lawyer for matters including estate issues and similar stuff.

I don’t know any details, so I couldn’t violate attorney-client confidentiality if I wanted to (my uncle was more than rigorous about such matters), but he did tell me th is story about the time when he and an associate were drafting a new will for Mr. Mamet. They bent to their task for a while, and then all of a sudden the associate looked up. The dialogue as reconstructed is not guaranteed to be accurate. But the sense is there:

Associate; “This is David Mamet’s will.”

Dan: “That’s right.”

A: “Mamet.”

D: “Yeah?”

A: “So we can’t just say, ‘I David Mamet, being of sound mind and body.”